Woman wounded in shooting at South Bend house

SOUTH BEND Â? A woman was rushed to the hospital late Friday after she was shot multiple times inside a home on the cityÂ?s near northeast side, police said.

The shooting occurred about 10 p.m. in the 800 block of Turnock Street, about a block south of Corby Boulevard.

According to South Bend police, someone, possibly an ex-boyfriend, sneaked up on the south side of the home and fired several shots through the window of a room where the woman was sitting, striking her multiple times.

Four others, including three children, were also in the home, police said, but none were hit.

Just before the shooting, neighbors reported hearing what sounded like someone pounding on vinyl siding, followed by as many as six shots.

Â?Someone was beating on the house next door,Â? neighbor James Austin said. Â?Then I heard shots and someone run toward the back of the house.Â?

Police said the victim, who appeared to be in her mid-20s, was alert and conscious when paramedics took her from the home on a stretcher. She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.

A large area in front of the home was cordoned off with crime scene tape while investigators with flashlights searched the yard for shell casings and other evidence.

Police said a possible suspect had been identified, but would not release that personÂ?s name.